Vehicle-wheel rim.



J. H. WAGENHORST.

VEHICLE WHEEL RIM.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 6. I915.

1,201, 122'. v Patented Oct. 10, 1916.

3 vwwtozl JAMES H. WAGENHORST, OF AKRON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR,:, BYMESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF TWO-FIFTES TO THE B. F. GOODRICH COMP ANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A COBPORA- TION OF NEW YORK,-ONE-FIFTH TO THE GOODYEAQR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, OF OHIO, A. CORPORATION OF DHIO, AND ONE-FIFTH TO IIJHE UNITED STATES TIRE GO OF NEW YORK, 1i! Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

VEHICLE-WHEEL RIM.

,T all whom it concern.-

Be it known t at I, JAMES H. WAGEN- HORST, a citizen of the United States, residing in the cit of Akron, county of Summ t, and State 0 Ohio, have invented certam new and useful Improvements in Veh1clel Rims, of ,which the following is a specification.

. ticularly to a device for securing ai demount able rim. in place on a. wheel, comprising. the

1- sition My invention relates generally to ehicle wheelrims of the type designed. to carry cl matic or other resilient tires, and parthis divisional case, but it is to be undermood that the utility of the wedging, latchherein claimed is. not to the particulnr type of rim chosen .forfpurpose of illustration, nor is the form,o the wedge portion. of such latch illustratedas the prefer-red embodiment of my inyention for the rim shown intended as a limitation, since my improvement is adaptable by change of formto. used with an t peof demountable rimadapted to be oced upon a fixed rim by lralwedges engaging therebetween. 1

In the accom anying drawings which form a part of t specification, Figure 1 is. a sectional View of a vehicle wheel felly, a rim thereon, and a demountable rim sea-0n said fixed rim, and locking means includ' a rotatable wedgin latch carried by sai d elly; Fig. 2 is a si e elevation of a parto-f the rim, felly, and loclnng means, t wed latch being shown in operative u M. an inoperative position in dotted lines; Fig. 3 is a perspective v ew of the washer rormimz a part of said locking Specification of Letters Patent.

11, 1 allcation filed May 22, 1911, Serial Hm. 628,388. Divided and this 1915. Serial No. 65,206.

artly in full and partly in dotted- Patented Oct, 10, rain. application filed December 8,

' means; F 1g 4 is a detail side elevation of the bolt forming a' part of the said lockin means, and Fig. 5 is a like view of a heade sleeve forming part of said locking means. Referring to the drawings in detail, the felly 1 of the wheel is provided with a fixed 1'1111 2 permanently secured thereto by shrinkmg'or in any other suitable manner. This fixed rim is provided at one edge with a raised flange having an inclined bearing surface, and at the other edge with a, similarly inclined bear-in surface 3. The de: mountable tire-carry1ng-rim 4 is provided with a pair of oppositely inclined internal bearing surfaces, one of which engages one of the inclined bearing surfaces upon the fixed rim, while the other bearing surface is engaged and supported by the inclined surfaces of a wedging latch 5. Any suitable number of these wedging latches may be I employed. Each of these wedging latches 5 has an internally threaded opening through the body portion thereof and screws upon an externall and internally threaded nut or sleeve 6. ach sleeve 6 is provided with a head 7 of suitable form for engagement by a wrench or other means for rotating the same and screwsfupon the projecting threaded end 8 of a bolt 9 passing transversely through the -felly. These bolts are secured to the felly by means of nuts 10 and washers 11. or in any other suitable manner. Each bolt is preferably provided with the beveled collar 12 of square or other angular shape adapted to engage the walls of a correspondingly shaped opening 13 in the washer 14. The bolt thus secures the washer to the face of the feily, while the washer 14 is itself held from notation upon the felly and prevents the rotation of the bolt 9, as by means of screws 15 passing through holes 16 therein. The washers are also provided at their outer or upper edges with inwardly turned flanges 17 adapted to fit over the beveled surface 3 of thefixed rim or felly band 2, which engagement thus further prevents the rotation of the waslr ers. The outer surfaces of the flagges 17 preferably lie in the surface of a cylinder concentric with the axis of rotation of the wheel and serve to support the wedge por- 'tions of the ,members, and tu guide the formed upon each wedging latch when it -is rotated to operative position, as shown in operative POSltlOII 1n ull lines excepting its upper edge, shown in dotted lines, seated operative behind the flange of the demountable rim at. The lug or flange 18 is engaged by a second shoulder 20, also formed on each wedge member, when the latter is operated to inposition, .as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

The operation of this locking device is as follows: Supposing the rim to ,be locked upon the wheel, the parts of the locking device being in position as shown in Fig. 1, the nut'or sleeve 6 will be rotated in such a direction as to screw along the bolt portion 8- in a direction away fromthe felly. The external thread upon the nut or sleeve 6 is given a pitch, as shown in Fig. 5, opposite to that of the bolt portion 8, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, so that this rotation of the nut or sleeve 6 will cause the wedging latch .to move along the sleeve 6 and in the direction of the head 7 thereof. The wedging latch 5 will thus have a combined movement equal to the sum of the pitch distance of the two threads for each revolution of the sleeve or nut. When the wedge member has been drawn out sufliciently so that its end clears the washer 14, it will rotate with the nut or 5 sleeve 6 in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. :2 into the position shown in dotted lines in that figure, where it will be stopped by theengagement of its shoulder 20 with the under-side of the lug 18. "When each of the wedges has been moved to this position the rim is free to be removed from the wheel. To return the wedge member to operative position, it is simply necessary to rotatethe nut or sleeve 6 in the opposite direction, which will first carry the wedgin latch back to upright position, where it will be stopped by the enga ement of the shoulder 19 with the upper edge of the lug 18. Further rotation of the nut or sleeve twill cause the wed e member of the latch to move inward, gui ed first by the engagement of the shoulder 19with the lug 18, and

then by the engagement of the under-surface of the wedge member with the outer surface of the flange 1? on the washer 14.. The wedging surfaces of the wedge member 5 will finallyengage with the surface 21 on the demou'ntable rim, the wedge member being supported by the outer surface of the flan e 17 and by the beveled surface 3 on the fine rim,

, Having thus described my invention, ll

'claim:

3L lln a. vehicle wheel, in

combination, .a

telly, a tire-carrying rim supported at one side by said felly, wedges for supporting the other side of said rim, and unitary means carrying said wedges acting by the rotation thereof to first move said wedges into an operative position, and then force the same laterally into-engagement with said rim.

J QXIn a vehicle wheel, .in combination, a felly, a tire-carrying rim supported at one side by said felly, a member carried by the telly and'rotatable about an axis transverse to the plane ofc rotation of the wheel, and a wedge for supporting the other side of 1 said rim rotatably mounted on said member, the. rotation of said member in one direction acting first to rotate said wedge into a position to permit the ,wedging portion thereof to enter the s ace between the felly and rim, and then to torce said wedgelaterally into wedging engagement with said rim.

3. In a vehicle wheel, in combination, a felly, a tire-carrying rim supported at one side by said telly, a member carried by the fto theplane of rotation of the wheel, a portion of said member being externally threaded. and a wedge for supporting'the other side ofsaid rim screwing on the externally threaded portion of said member, the rotation of said member in one direction acting first to rotate said wedge into a position to permit the wedging portion thereof to enter thespace between the telly and rim, and thento force said wedge laterally into wedging engagementwith said rim.

a. In a vehicle wheel, in combination, a felly, a tire-carrying rim supported at one side by said felly', a member having a screwthreaded engagement with means carried by said felly and rotatable about an axis transverse to the plane of rotation of said wheel, said member being externally threaded, a wedge for supportlngthe other side of said rim screwing on the externally threaded portion of said member, and rotatable through a portion of a revolution, and means for limiting the rotary movement of said wedge in each direction.

In a vehicle wheel, in combination, a

felly, a tire carrying rim supported at one side by said felly, a bolt passing transversely through said felly and having a screwthreaded portion. projecting from the side of the latter, a sleeve screwing on said pro jecting portion of said bolt, said sleeve being provided with an external screw-thread of a pitch opposite to that of the bolt portion,

wedging latch for securing deltltl mountable rim u on a fixedrim comprising a bolt, asleeve riding thereon, and a wedge upon said sleeve, said sleeve engaging both said bolt and said wedge in screwthreaded engagement, said wedge being rowith a fixed rim, and comprising a wedge 10 portion ada ted to screw upon the egrterior of a sleeve ormed to'screw upon a bolt, the

lexterior and interior threads of said sleeve being of opposite pitch,- and means to limit the rotation of said wedge in either (liree- 15 tion.

JAMES-H; WAGENHORST. 

